Deu 31:19-22, Judg 5, Psa 45:1, 101:1 | ESV | STEP | Now therefore write this song and teach it to the people of Israel . Put it in their mouths , that this song may be a witness for me against the people of Israel .

19 “Now therefore write ^athis song and ^bteach it to the people of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be ^ca witness for me against the people of Israel. 20 For when I have brought them into the land ^dflowing with milk and honey, which I swore to give to their fathers, and they have eaten and are full and ^egrown fat, ^fthey will turn to other gods and serve them, and ^gdespise me and ^hbreak my covenant. 21 And when many evils and troubles have come upon them, this song shall confront them as ⁱa witness (for it will live unforgotten in the mouths of their offspring). For ^jI know what they are inclined to do even today, before I have brought them into the land that I swore to give.” 22 So Moses wrote this song the same day and taught it to the people of Israel.

Judges 5

The Song of Deborah and Barak

1 ^kThen sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day:

2 “That the leaders took the lead in Israel,
that ^lthe people offered themselves willingly,
bless the Lord!
3 “Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes;
to the Lord I will sing;
I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.
4 “Lord, ^mwhen you went out from Seir,
when you marched from the region of Edom,
ⁿthe earth trembled
and the heavens dropped,
yes, the clouds dropped water.
5 The mountains ^oquaked before the Lord,
^peven Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.
6 “In the days of ^qShamgar, son of Anath,
in the days of ^rJael, ^sthe highways were abandoned,
and travelers kept to the byways.
7 The villagers ceased in Israel;
they ceased to be until I arose;
I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.
8 ^tWhen new gods were chosen,
then war was in the gates.
^uWas shield or spear to be seen
among forty thousand in Israel?
9 My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel
who ^voffered themselves willingly among the people.
Bless the Lord.
10 “Tell of it, ^wyou who ride on white donkeys,
you who sit on rich carpets ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; it may connote saddle blankets}
and you who walk by the way.
11 To the sound of musicians ^{▼▼Or archers; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain} at the watering places,
there they repeat the righteous triumphs of the Lord,
the righteous triumphs of his villagers in Israel.
“Then down to the gates marched the people of the Lord.
12 ^z“Awake, awake, Deborah!
Awake, awake, break out in a song!
Arise, Barak, ^aalead away your captives,
O son of Abinoam.
13 Then down marched the remnant of the noble;
the people of the Lord marched down for me against the mighty.
14 From ^abEphraim their root ^acthey marched down into the valley, ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew in Amalek}
following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen;
from ^aeMachir marched down the commanders,
and from Zebulun those who bear the lieutenant’s ^{▼▼Hebrew commander’s} staff;
15 the princes of Issachar came with Deborah,
and Issachar faithful to ^agBarak;
into the valley they rushed at his heels.
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
16 Why did you sit still ^ahamong the sheepfolds,
to hear the whistling for the flocks?
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
17 ^aiGilead stayed beyond the Jordan;
^ajand Dan, why did he stay with the ships?
^akAsher sat still ^alat the coast of the sea,
staying by his landings.
18 ^amZebulun is a people who risked their lives to the death;
^anNaphtali, too, on the heights of the field.
19 “The kings came, they fought;
then fought the kings of Canaan,
at ^aoTaanach, by the waters of ^apMegiddo;
^aqthey got no spoils of silver.
20 ^arFrom heaven the stars fought,
from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 ^asThe torrent Kishon swept them away,
the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.
March on, my soul, with might!
22 “Then loud beat the horses’ hoofs
with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
23 “Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord,
curse its inhabitants thoroughly,
^atbecause they did not come to the help of the Lord,
to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
24 “Most blessed of women be ^auJael,
the wife of Heber the Kenite,
of tent-dwelling women most blessed.
25 ^avHe asked for water and she gave him milk;
she brought him curds in a noble’s bowl.
26 ^awShe sent her hand to the tent peg
and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet;
she struck Sisera;
she crushed his head;
she shattered and pierced his temple.
27 Between her feet
he sank, he fell, he lay still;
between her feet
he sank, he fell;
where he sank,
there he fell—dead.
28 ^ax“Out of the window she peered,
the mother of Sisera wailed through ^aythe lattice:
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’
29 Her wisest princesses answer,
indeed, she answers herself,
30 ‘Have they not found and ^azdivided the spoil?—
A womb or two for every man;
spoil of dyed materials for Sisera,
spoil of dyed materials embroidered,
two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil?’
31 ^ba“So may all your enemies perish, O Lord!
But your friends be ^bblike the sun ^bcas he rises in his might.”
^bdAnd the land had rest for forty years.

Psalms 45:1

Your Throne, O God, Is Forever

To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} of ^bfthe Sons of Korah; a love song.

1 My heart overflows with a pleasing theme;
I address my verses to the king;
my tongue is like the pen of ^bga ready scribe.

Psalms 101:1

I Will Walk with Integrity

A Psalm of David.

1 I will sing of ^bhsteadfast love and justice;
to you, O Lord, I will make music.

Deuteronomy 31:19-22